On 1/13/2011 4:03 AM, mm wrote:
I have a 4x8 flatbed trailer built from a harbor freight kit, and the
method they provided for attaching the wires is pretty poor. Metal
clips that don't really stick to the suare U-bars and don't hold the
wires well either. The clips fall off, even when I've pushed them all
the way on, the wires fall down and get broken.

I've never seen a good trailer up close so I don't know how they do
it. What do they do? This one has square-U shaped bars that make
up the sides. The 3rd, open side points in.

Do I have to drill holes and put plastic wire ties through the holes?
The trailer has got sides now and is too heavy to turn on its side.

Thanks

Two of mine have steel conduit from the front to the axles where the
wires for the brakes come out, then short 2" pieces of conduit welded on
every couple feet to run the wires through to the lights.

I'm not sure if they allow bolt together trailers here, maybe if it's
commercially made, but they will not pass a home made trailer that is
bolted together, it must be welded. Surprising since they let just
about anything else go down the roads here.